Plant Details

Accepted name:: Panicum miliaceum L. [Poaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
anu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anu hullu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arzan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
bahu dhaanya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
barag	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
baragu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bargu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
barigalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bili baragu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bilibaragu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
broomcorn millet	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
brown millet	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
chami	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cheena	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cheenaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
chena	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chenaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
chi-tibet	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
chin	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
china	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chinaa ghaas	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
chinaaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
chinese millet	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
chini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chinna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cinaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
common millet	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
dokhn	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
dokhu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
faaluudaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
french millet	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gijang	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
hirs	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
hog millet	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
ji	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
jāvars	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
kakakangu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karay baragu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kari baragu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karibaragu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katakanai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kibi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kuren-pullu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
little millet	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
manivarakucamai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
miglio	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mijo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
millet	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
millet panic	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
panic faux-millet	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
panicum millet	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
panivaragu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
proso millet	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
prosomillet	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rad	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
red millet	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
rispenhirse	Other	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
russian millet	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
saamai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sava	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
save	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tsi tsi	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
vara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varagalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varagu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vareeka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varik	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vrihibheda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
wal meneri	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
warai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
white french millet	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
white millet	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
worga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
worglo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ارزن	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
جاورس	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
دخن	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
වල් මෙනේරි	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
ཙི་ཙི།	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
黍根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
黍米	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
黍茎	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Seed		Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Root, Seed		WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019)
seed, leaves		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
seed, root		WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 35 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Leptoloma miliacea (L.) Smyth Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci. 25: 86 (1913).
Milium esculentum Moench Methodus: 203 (1794), nom. superfl.
Milium panicum Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 1 (1768), nom. superfl.
Panicum asperrimum Fisch. Cat. Jard. Gorenki, ed. 2: 3 (1812).
Panicum densepilosum Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 72 (1853).
Panicum miliaceum var. aerugineum Krassavin & Uljanova Sborn. Nauchn. Trudov Prikl. Bot. Genet. Selekts. 39: 87 (1991).
Panicum miliaceum subsp. agricola H.Scholz & Mikoláš Thaiszia 1: 33 (1992).
Panicum miliaceum var. album Alef. Landw. Fl.: 315 (1866).
Panicum miliaceum var. anthracinum Krassavin & Uljanova Sborn. Nauchn. Trudov Prikl. Bot. Genet. Selekts. 39: 86 (1991).
Panicum miliaceum var. aquilum Krassavin & Uljanova Sborn. Nauchn. Trudov Prikl. Bot. Genet. Selekts. 39: 87 (1991).
Panicum miliaceum var. atrobrunneum Krassavin & Uljanova Sborn. Nauchn. Trudov Prikl. Bot. Genet. Selekts. 39: 86 (1991).
Panicum miliaceum var. aureum Alef. Landw. Fl.: 315 (1866).
Panicum miliaceum var. cinereum Alef. Landw. Fl.: 314 (1866).
Panicum miliaceum var. coffeatum Krassavin & Uljanova Sborn. Nauchn. Trudov Prikl. Bot. Genet. Selekts. 39: 87 (1991).
Panicum miliaceum convar. contractum Alef. Landw. Fl.: 314 (1866).
Panicum miliaceum var. corsinum Krassavin & Uljanova Sborn. Nauchn. Trudov Prikl. Bot. Genet. Selekts. 39: 86 (1991).
Panicum miliaceum var. densobrunneum Agaf. Byull. Vsesoyuzn. Ordena Lenina Ordena Druzhby Narodov Nauchno-Issl. Inst. Rasteniev. N. I. Vavilova 53: 31 (1975).
Panicum miliaceum convar. effusum Alef. Landw. Fl.: 314 (1866).
Panicum miliaceum var. fuscum Krassavin & Uljanova Sborn. Nauchn. Trudov Prikl. Bot. Genet. Selekts. 39: 87 (1991).
Panicum miliaceum var. glaucum Krassavin & Uljanova Sborn. Nauchn. Trudov Prikl. Bot. Genet. Selekts. 39: 86 (1991).
Panicum miliaceum var. leucospermum N.H.F.Desp. Fl. Sarthe: 304 (1838).
Panicum miliaceum var. nicotianum Krassavin & Uljanova Sborn. Nauchn. Trudov Prikl. Bot. Genet. Selekts. 39: 87 (1991).
Panicum miliaceum var. nigrum Thuill. Fl. Env. Paris 1: 18 (1790).
Panicum miliaceum var. nutans Beck Fl. Nieder-Österreich: 44 (1890).
Panicum miliaceum subsp. ruderale (Kitag.) Tzvelev Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 5: 18 (1968).
Panicum miliaceum var. ruderale Kitag. Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 51: 153 (1937).
Panicum miliaceum var. sanguineum Alef. Landw. Fl.: 315 (1866).
Panicum miliaceum var. suberectum Beck Fl. Nieder-Österreich: 44 (1890).
Panicum miliaceum var. subvitellinotephrum Agaf. Byull. Vsesoyuzn. Ordena Lenina Ordena Druzhby Narodov Nauchno-Issl. Inst. Rasteniev. N. I. Vavilova 53: 31 (1975).
Panicum miliaceum var. virescens Krassavin & Uljanova Sborn. Nauchn. Trudov Prikl. Bot. Genet. Selekts. 39: 87 (1991).
Panicum milium Pers. Syn. Pl. 1: 83 (1805), nom. superfl.
Panicum provinciale É.Huet & Chamb. Coup d'Oeil Fl. Toulon et d'Hyères: 16 (1891), nom. subnud.
Panicum ruderale (Kitag.) D.M.Chang in T.N.Liou, Clavis Pl. Chinae Bor.-Or.: 498 (1959).
Panicum spontaneum Zhuk. Kult. Rast. Sorod.: 148 (1950), no Latin descr.
Panicum triphellon Y.Yabe Prelim. Rep. Fl. Tsing-tau-Reg.: 23 (1918).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Panicum miliaceum	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Panicum miliaceum L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Panicum miliaceum Linn.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Panicum miliaceum. L	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Panicum milliaceum	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)

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